"speleology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: speleologies [plural]
Etymology: From French spéléologie, coined by Émile Rivière in 1890. The word can be broken down as speleo- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|spéléologie}} French spéléologie, {{confix|en|speleo|logy}} speleo- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} speleology (usually uncountable, plural speleologies)
  1. The scientific study of caves. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Caving Translations (scientific study of caves): спелеоло́гия (speleológija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), espeleologia [feminine] (Catalan), 洞穴學 (Chinese Mandarin), 洞穴学 (dòngxuéxué) (Chinese Mandarin), speleologie [feminine] (Czech), speleologie [feminine] (Dutch), speleologio (Esperanto), speleologia (Finnish), luolatutkimus (Finnish), spéléologie [feminine] (French), Speläologie (German), Speleologie (German), Höhlenforschung (German), Höhlenkunde (German), σπηλαιολογία (spilaiología) [feminine] (Greek), szpeleológia (Hungarian), barlangtan (Hungarian), 洞穴学 (dōketsugaku) (alt: どうけつがく) (Japanese), ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (aɣui yin sudulul) (Mongolian), агуйн судлал (agujn sudlal) (Mongolian), speleologia [feminine] (Polish), espeleologia [feminine] (Portuguese), speologie [feminine] (Romanian), спелеоло́гия (speleológija) [feminine] (Russian), speleológia [feminine] (Slovak), espeleología [feminine] (Spanish), speleologi [common-gender] (Swedish), palayungiban (Tagalog), lekevav (Volapük), ogofeg [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-speleology-en-noun-AhKeMXph Disambiguation of Caving: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with speleo-, English terms suffixed with -logy, English terms suffixed with -ology, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with speleo-: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'scientific study of caves': 94 6
  2. The recreational activity of exploring caves. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (recreational activity of exploring caves): espeleologia [feminine] (Catalan), luolatutkimus (Finnish), barlangkutatás (Hungarian), barlangászat (Hungarian), espeleísmo [masculine, rare] (Spanish), ogofa [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-speleology-en-noun-27BAMRxZ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with speleo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with speleo-: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'recreational activity of exploring caves': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: speleological, spelunk, caving, potholing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "спелеоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espeleologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "洞穴學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dòngxuéxué",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "洞穴学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "speleologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "speleologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "speleologio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "speleologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "luolatutkimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spéléologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "Speläologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "Speleologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "Höhlenforschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "Höhlenkunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "spilaiología",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σπηλαιολογία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "szpeleológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "barlangtan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうけつがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōketsugaku",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "洞穴学"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "aɣui yin sudulul",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "agujn sudlal",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "агуйн судлал"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "speleologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espeleologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "speologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "speleológija",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спелеоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "speleológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espeleología"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "speleologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "palayungiban"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "word": "lekevav"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "scientific study of caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ogofeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "recreational activity of exploring caves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espeleologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "recreational activity of exploring caves",
      "word": "luolatutkimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "recreational activity of exploring caves",
      "word": "barlangkutatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "recreational activity of exploring caves",
      "word": "barlangászat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "recreational activity of exploring caves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "espeleísmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "recreational activity of exploring caves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ogofa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "speleology"
  ],
  "word": "speleology"
}

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